Dear anyone (and everyone) who has ever considered cutting a mustache out of felt and putting it on, well, anything, It’s time to let go. Not only is your fascination with this variety of facial hair a little disturbing, it’s a little late. The mustache (as it’s currently known in embroidered pillow,…
Calling all fashion inspired uniquely gifted artists: For the first time in Arizona, Fashion Fantastico is hosting a wearable arts event. Fashion Fantastico is an event that allows the human body to become a canvas and allows fashion and art to become a performance. And this year, the group’s members are…
1. “Lift Every Voice” Black Art Showcase The Civic Space Park Collaboration is looking for artwork for its “Lift Every Voice Black Art Showcase,” scheduled to open the First Friday of February. Show curators say the exhibition, which will take place in the park, is meant to “infuse a cultural aspect…
1. This week at Sundance Film Festival Our friends at LA Weekly are on the ground at Sundance and posting daily updates on new films, breakout roles, and festival surprises. Follow film critic Karina Longworth as she checks out Sundance’s most anticipated films at LA Weekly’s Style Council and on Twitter…
Friends, creatives, crafty types, and internet obsessed — meet Pinterest, the prettiest time suck you’ll ever see. No need to worry about small talk, Pinterest will cut to the chase. It already knows all your friends from all your networks and is wide open to anything you’d like to pin on…
Inside the ever-open door of SEVEN13SK8 in downtown Phoenix is a space home to quality roller skate parts, street-fashionable accessories, and abstract paintings by Kristine Brambilla. The local artist just finished the store’s exterior mural (and a few others on the neighboring storefronts in the OPtic complex on Third and McKinley…
1. Scandalesque Presents: FilmBar VignettesThis Saturday, the Scandalesque Vixens will perform center stage at Downtown’s FilmBar. The group, known for their acrobatic ballet and burlesque performances, will perform vignettes featuring individual scandalesque talents. The feather and leather-clad ladies will take the stage at 10 p.m.. Tickets are $25. More info here. …
Despite Julia Chaplin’s seemingly constant globe-trotting (she’s recently spent time in Uruguay and Brazil, and travels to Mexico today), the writer insists she’s an interloper — a sort of Margaret Mead when it comes to understanding and documenting gypset culture.What’s “gypset”? It’s pretty simple actually. Combine the roaming lifestyle of…
The GROWop and Butter Toast, two of our favorite hunting grounds for vintage treasures in downtown Phoenix, welcomed a new (and stylish) neighbor last month. Located in a converted historic home on Sixth Street, Nostra Style House is a new boutique in the former Roose Salon space on Roosevelt Row. Style-wise, Nostra straddles the line that…
Each week Gem features one standout piece from a local shop. Whether it’s a jacket, necklace, or handbag, it’s on our have-to-have list. What: With Valentine’s Day coming soon (and keeping in mind the unyielding forgetfulness of boyfriends, fiancees, and husbands everywhere), Chadwick The Jeweler has grouped together a collection…
1. Phoenix Comicon KickoffPhoenix Comicon released the official details of its kickoff, an annual tradition where Comicon fans gather to hear more details about the event and special guest announcements and to score bags of free stuff. The kickoff this year is on February 2 at 7 p.m. in room…
Attention sewing fans: If you’re looking to learn something new or swap tricks and fabrics for your next big project, you’ll want to check out Downtown’s newest crafty addition. Tina Eaves, who owns and operates the spot at 341 E. McKinley (in the OPtic building), says she opened the Downtown…
During a recent appearance at Barneys in Scottsdale, Simon Doonan (famed former window dresser for the upscale department store and currently its creative amabassador-at-large) signed his latest book, a humorous diet dissertation, Gay Men Don’t Get Fat. As a crowd of ladies and a few well-dressed gents stood in line…
Welcome to the Morning Buzz, a catch-up on interesting happenings around the city and country and a quick guide to what (and who) to keep your eyes on. We’ll be here, first thing every weekday, to get you going. Here’s what’s buzzing this morning: 1. The State of Sustainability in Metro…
1. DarkCon 2012 at the Phoenix Marriott MesaDarkCon 2012 welcomed the funkiest and steampunkiest sections of society to come together in Mesa and celebrate all things fantasy and sci-fi related over the weekend. Circus Bacchus kicked off the four-day event with some lovely ladies and a few feats of strength. Check…
Welcome to the Morning Buzz, a catch-up on interesting happenings around the city and country and a quick guide to what (and who) to keep your eyes on. We’ll be here, first thing every weekday, to get you going. Here’s what’s buzzing this morning: 1. “for remorse” by Eric CoxYou have…
Each week Gem features one standout piece from a local shop. Whether it’s a jacket, necklace, or handbag, it’s on our have-to-have list. What: Leave it to the fashion plates at Vintage By Misty to scrounge up disembodied Chanel buttons and transform them into costume jewelery. The gorgeously curated downtown…
Welcome to the Morning Buzz, a catch-up on interesting happenings around the city and country and a quick guide to what (and who) to keep your eyes on. We’ll be here, first thing every weekday, to get you going. Here’s what’s buzzing this morning: The brains behind Ice House, specifically the…
Kenny Barrett’s no stranger to dirt and a few plants. The local creative and one of the founders of the Roosevelt Growhouse and the GROWop in downtown Phoenix spends most of his time tending to the boutique/urban garden’s produce and managing Valley of the Sunflowers, the two-acre lot-revitalization project across the…
Fans of locally-owned, Ebay-based clothing shop Meat Market Vintage rejoice. The store’s owners announced via Facebook plans to open a brick-and-mortar storefront at 1020 S. Mill Ave., in Tempe — former home to Three Roots Coffee House & Cafe — adding, “We can’t wait to venture out of the fluorescence…
On Sunday, The Arizona No Pants Light Rail Ride confused public transportation users for the fourth year in a row. (Hey, we warned you.) After a quick pants-less stroll down Mill Avenue, the group met for food and drinks at Robbie Fox’s Public House on Mill Avenue and Sixth Street. We…
1. Safwat Saleem’s Oh ExpletiveOh Expletive by Safwat Saleem Local designer Safwat Saleem released the Kickstarter video and page for his latest project, Oh Expletive: a “project of epic epicness.” The series of illustrations includes zombies, unicorns, flamethrowers, and knife fights — all things Saleem describes as “the most awesome things…
